Sorry, I’ve been a terrible blogger. I will remedy that with a post that will include music you should buy and will blow your mind….
At the time, I considered 2007 to be the best year for music in my lifetime. Maybe it was or maybe it wasn’t. It was the year indie rock exploded but also the year I got burned out with music. However, 2008 proved to reinstate my faith in music. From M83 to Deerhunter to Vampire Weekend, my musical tastes were expanded and stretched to different genres and a more experimental sound. Some music I rediscovered (such as Portishead), others I appreciated their artistic direction (DJ/Rupture) and some I can just rock out to (Cut Copy). To make a long story short, this is what I’ve been listening to in ’09 which I have high hopes of topping ’07 and ’08 as the greatest year in music since ’69.
Top Five Albums of ’09 (so far):
 Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion 2009 |
1.Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion: This could be the best album since Kid A, I kid you not. The old Animal Collective = chaos. The new Animal Collective = controlled chaos that will rock your face off. This album is one that will only get better with age. Merriweather Post Pavilion will more than likely be part of my collection for years to come, as it should be in yours. |
 Dark Was The Night 2009 |
2. Dark Was the Night: My favorite bands all on one album and with new music that doesn’t suck. It thrills me to no end that many of these artists might be coming out with new material in ’09. I am especially looking forward to Sufjan’s no.3 of 50 albums about the United States. |
 Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light -2009 |
3. Antony and the Johnsons – The Crying Light: Let me first say, I’m a huge fan of Hercules and Love affair and I love what Antony Hegarty brought to the table to the latest Hercules album in ’08. Now fast forward to 2009 to the other end of the spectrum for Antony… When I first saw this album cover and before I even heard the album, I envisioned what I thought this album sounded like. I was dead on the mark. If God made a human with the persona of Boy George, the writing ability of Rufus Wainwright (albeit a depressed Rufus), the artistic vision of David Bowie and a voice like no other, it might turn out to be someone with a severe gender identity issue or it might Antony. |
 Dan Deacon - Bromst - 2009 |
4. Dan Deacon – Bromst: Would it be wrong of me to put this in the same genre as Animal Collective? Well I’m doing it but there is definitely something that this album offers that Animal Collective doesn’t. Not to say it is a better album by any means. Just about any mood I’m in, I could easily put this album and it instantaneously transforms me to a different world. I’d imagine this is what an LSD trip is like. Each song has a rich architecture that is unparalleled in the music industry today. |
 Bat For Lashes - Two Suns - 2009 |
5. Bat For Lashes – Two Suns: When I heard Bat For Lashes was coming out with a new album, all I could think was, "Don’t let me down". Quite honestly, I expected a rehash of their first album. I did not expect this. I was pleasantly surprised to find elements of their previous sound but taken to new heights. Following up Fur and Gold is no easy task. They made a great first album and I should have realized that they certainly could do it again. |
We’ll see what the future holds for 2009 and hope that the rest of the year produces as good of music as the past four months has.
i have no time to read this post. but i do have time to comment on it.. which is what it’s all about anyway
i will read it later tho.. promise
Amy Grant Rox
Indeed. Amy Grant should have made this list – no doubt.